Latch



March 24, 1931. w. PARKS 1,797,362Y

,l LATCH Filed Aug. 29, 1930 Patenied'Mar. .24,Y 1931 UNITED STATES PATfENfrf OFFICE WILLIAM PARKS, oFrRAzEYsBURonio f v l LATCH Applicationmea August 29,1930.v seria No. 478,726.

This invention relates toxa latch designed primarily for use in connection with screen doors.

One of the objects of the invention is to i 3 provide a latch whichcan be stamped readily from sheet metal, can be produced cheaply and, when imposition on Ya door or the like, will constitute an eicient means for fastening` the doer in closed position.

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Inthe Vaccompanying drawing the Ypreferred form of the invention has been shown. v In ,said drawing: .n

Figure lis an elevation of a portion of a screen door secured in closed position by the 1 latch f constituting the present invention. Figure 2'is a section on line 2--2, Figure l. y Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the door unfastened. Y

Figure 4l is a. perspective view ol the'latch Y 25'@ member.

Figure 5 is a' perspective View of the keeper. Y l

Referring to the @iguresby characters oi' reference, 1 designates fan'attaching plate of 3i sheet metal having an ear Qextending laterally `frolnon'e edge thereof, there being a stop lange bent from the lower edge ot the ear 2 and bearing at one end `against the attaching plate l' so as to hold, the `ear 2 at the properangle relative to the platel.-V An opening 4 isformedin the attaching plate for the reception of a screw or vthe ike by sti'ffening :the plate inthe direction vof its length and also serves as a-linger piece whereby 'the latch can be lifted 'out'of/fasteningj position. Y Y Y The latch plate is adaptedto be attachedy to a door D and, if desired, a spacing washer 9 can beplaced therebetween. This latch is so located that when the door is shut the plate will swing on rto the stop flange 3 so as toYbesupported in lapped relation to the ear 2. With the parts thus located as shown,

for example, iny Figure 2, the door is held sean attaching plate, an earextending at an `angle therefrom, a 'stop` flange projecting from the ear and having` one endY bearing Vagainst the attaching plate thereby to holdv the ear against bendingin one direction relative to the attaching plate, a latch plate, and a combined stiifening llange andfinger piece extending longitudinally vof the latch plate.

In testimony that Iclaim theforegoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

WILLIAM PARKS.

A device of the class describedincluding means of which the keeper 'can be attached to a door jamb J. The latch consistsof a smallpiece of sheet metal indicated at 5 preferably nearoneend with an openngfor the reception of an aty taching screw or. the like; A flange 8 is eX-` tended laterally from 'thel upper edge portion of the plate 5 and constitutes means Vfor 

